Re: [Patch V8] i2c: imx: add runtime pm support to improve the performance

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On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 05:51:09PM +0800, Gao Pan wrote:
> In our former i2c driver, i2c clk is enabled and disabled in
> xfer function, which contributes to power saving. However,
> the clk enable process brings a busy wait delay until the core
> is stable. As a result, the performance is sacrificed.
> 
> To weigh the power consumption and i2c bus performance, runtime
> pm is the good solution for it. The clk is enabled when a i2c
> transfer starts, and disabled after a specifically defined delay.
> 
> Without the patch the test case (many eeprom reads) executes with approx:
> real 1m7.735s
> user 0m0.488s
> sys 0m20.040s
> 
> With the patch the same test case (many eeprom reads) executes with approx:
> real 0m54.241s
> user 0m0.440s
> sys 0m5.920s
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fugang Duan <B38611@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Gao Pan <b54642@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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